The sale of military-style weapons in Maryland has skyrocketed because of the concern they'll will be banned once the strict gun control bill passed by the Maryland General Assembly on Thursday goes into effect.

At Engage Armament in Rockville, there are only a few assault weapons left because so many have been sold in anticipation of gun restrictions.

Ammunition has gone up in price -- that is, if you can even find bullets in stock.

"Everything's been bought up and we've had ammunition that came right off the trucks," said A.J. Wynne, an employee at Engage Armament. "They'd say, 'What is that?' I'd say, '9 mm.' [They'd say,] 'I'll take it.' Right before we're even done booking guns in, it's already sold."

Geogre Heffner was in the store Friday, purchasing a handgun that he had ordered months ago.

"When I came here two months ago, there was nothing to be had," he said. "The store was completely empty. I thought someone had come in and robbed it. Nothing on the shelves hardly at all.... Completely sold out."

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued a statement saying: "We fully support Governor O'Malley's comprehensive legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly. His leadership in the area of gun licensing, restricting access to military-style assault weapons and gun magazines will save lives."

In Prince George's County, youth violence is a growing concern. Seven teens have been shot and killed in the county during this school year....

Same sex marriage, an 83% increase in gas Taxes. This gun bill that only a lawyer can read,Increased property taxes, The gas tax supposedly to fix roads will be spent to build public transportation buses and trains in baltimore, Making koney for the Transportation fund and then leaving the door open for it’s theft by the Genreral Fund.

I’m in Indiana on vacation and stopped by a bait shop in a rural area looking for .22LR. They were sold out, however a customer followed me out to the parking lot saying, “ Did I hear you say you we’re looking for .22?”

He had two boxes of CCI Chootems, 375 rounds each. He wanted $35.00 per. I had no cash on me.....

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posted on 04/06/2013 3:40:19 PM PDT
by Bshaw
(,A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)

Hello and welcome to another Szeliga Weekly Update! This is our last full week in Annapolis and it has been busy with a lot of debate around gun control legislation and driver's licenses for illegal immigrants. In this edition, I will address the 2013 firearms bill, and the so called 2013 Highway Safety Act.

Gun Bill of 2013 - summary

The controversial 2013 Firearms Safety Act passed the House of Delegates this week on a vote of 78-61. This bill restricts our 2nd Amendment rights. Here are some highlights from the bill that passed.

The bill is prospective and not retroactive. Owners of assault weapons can keep their guns. After October 1 they can only sell them to a federal firearms dealer. These firearms may also be passed on as an inheritance when the owner dies.

Copycat weapons are also banned. A copy cat weapon is defined as a centerfire, semi-automatic rifle with a detachable magazine that has two or more of the following features:

folding stock grenade or flare launcher flash suppressor

The copycat also includes;

a semi-automatic centerfire rifle that has a fixed magazine with a capacity of more than 10 rounds. semi-automatic pistol with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds semi-automatic shotgun that has a folding stock a shotgun with a revolving cylinder.

Exceptions to the ban include manufacturers, dealers, importers, active law enforcement officers or military folks, testing facilities etc.

Magazine Capacity Reduction - Magazine size for all firearms is restricted to 10 rounds or less. The bill is not retroactive. Any person who possesses a large capacity magazine may continue to do so. The purchase, manufacture, transfer or sale is prohibited. Possession is not a crime. Exceptions include active or retired law enforcement, active military, dealers, manufacturers, importers, etc.

Handgun Qualification License

Any one not exempted from this provision who wishes to purchase a handgun after October 1, 2013 must apply to the Maryland State Police for a handgun qualification license. The initial license will cost $50. The applicant is required to complete 4 hours of hands on firearms training to include classroom and time at a range. The training is a onetime only requirement for the initial issuance of the license. You must also submit fingerprints for a criminal background check. The training and background checks are at the applicant's expense. The background check is approximately $54.00.

You do not need a license if you currently own a handgun or assault weapon. You only need the license if you are going to purchase a handgun after October 1, 2013. The license is good for 10 years and you are not required to take a second training course or submit fingerprints when you apply to renew the license. A renewal fee of $20 is required. Exceptions to the License: Active and retired military and police are exempt from the license requirement but must show valid credentials to a dealer to purchase.

Exceptions to the training component but must still get the license:

someone who completed an MSP approved certified safety course has completed the DNR hunter safety course is currently a qualified handgun instructor is an honorably discharged member of the armed forces or national guard is an employee of an armored car company who has a handgun permit issued by MSP. LAWFULLY OWNS A REGULATED FIREARM - this is a big exception. If you already own a gun you do not have to ever complete the training to apply for the handgun purchase license.

Mental Health Provisions - There are several provisos that prohibit folks from possessing or purchasing firearms; voluntary commitment of more than 30 days, involuntary commitment, or certain orders of guardianship.

A more complete assessment will be available next week. Additionally, I will be sure to keep you up to date on any action on a petition drive to get the bill on the ballot in 2014.

The big problem with the “Obama’s DHS army” theory is that the Democrats actually believe their own hate speech nonsense.

That is, they think that soldiers are soldiers because they are too inferior to work in minimum wage jobs. And making it much, much worse, they also think that soldiers will mindlessly obey orders, no matter who issues them.

This matters, because they extrapolate from these weird ideas that they can just take some worthless gang bangers, convicts, and whatever scum, give them each a Glock .40 with a thousand rounds, and they will be able to rule Americans at least as well as the SA brownshirts pushed around Germans.

Because Americans have so very many guns, and know how to use them, the icing on the cake is to issue the scum MRAP armored vehicles, figuring they will be “impervious” to anything the civilians can imagine to do. They also imagine Americans as a disorderly mob, like Occupy demonstrators, easy to push around with brute force.

Of course, the reality is that if the government ever tried such imbecilic nonsense, there would soon be their agents dangling from light poles, the MRAPs commandeered, burning or submerged, and the pitiful cries of the elites to the army to stop the mob met with bad telephone connections on the military posts.

Any officer stupid enough to order his unit to fire on Americans would soon find himself in a bad way.

To keep Virginia that pristine you better dismantle the bridge across the Chesapeake - please remember there is life east of the Chesapeake -— oh never mind - we don’t want the western shore attitude over her - so please dismantle the Bay Bridge.

I saw numerous 500-count boxes of .22LR marked for $40, $50, $65, and even $100, and some of it moving at those prices, at the local gun show today.

I blame the f’ng morons who had their heads up their 4th point of contact for the last 10 years, and waited until after August 2012 to finally pull their heads out. Their panic buying only encourages other morons to scarf up all the ammo and put a choke-the-horse markup on it. I’ll remember both when (if ever) this settles out.

Thanks, bozos - I’ll bet a dollar to a 22LR round that you either didn’t vote at all, or voted for the Kenyan Usurper.

OTOH, I did see a couple of AR’s marked at about the going price (DPMS, ~ $899) before all this craziness. Still had a bunch of idiots trying for $1200+, but not many of those moving.

The regime and their chief running dog lackeys like O'Malley fear black guns, black helicopters, black people not on the Democrat reservation, etc.

By logical extension they fear BLACK SPRAY PAINT.

A handful of Marylands know what's going on across the river ~ they are losing their freedom and being returned to chattel slavery. Their last gasp of freedom is getting holt of spray paint cans ~ black spray paint cans!

Starting to look and buy in January, I now have 300 rounds of 22lr CCI hollow points and 300 rounds of 22lr Remington hollow points and I wouldn't sell one cartridge for any amount of money - oh, maybe one cartridge for one million dollars. I thought the demand would catch up by now, but there is no 22lr any place I can find except at one of the bid websites and I'm not paying those outrageous prices.

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